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Unwriting
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Tackling the To-Do List
I had a thought yesterday while I was making my bed and tidying my bedroom. I found myself noticing little things I needed to do that I never seem to get around to doing, those nagging to-do list items that don’t have a particular deadline and that are just annoying enough to do that I let them carry over for weeks, months, even years in some rare ( Read more... ) -
Rewriting
I’m still plugging away at this book, with the plodding pace that comes with having to write a scene before I know what the scene should be, so I then have to rewrite it. But I’m getting close to the end, around 25,000 words to go. I made a list of things that need to happen before the end of the book, and there’s just one I’m not entirely sure of ( Read more... ) -
Book Report: Lots of Reading
Reminder: I’ll stop posting at this site after this week. You can find my blog at http://shannaswendson.blogspot.com/, until I get my new site done and will be moving it to a different place entirely, and possibly changing the way I blog ( Read more... ) -
Messy Food
It was a good thing I did a trial run of that recipe. It came out great and was really yummy, but it wasn’t at all appropriate for this situation. We’re dealing with maybe about 50 people, with buffet tables and everyone needing to grab a bite to eat in the half hour between services. Many of the people will be wearing choir robes. This bread was ( Read more... ) -
Test Batches
I think today I should be able to get through the changing/revising of what I’ve already written, so that next week I can write new stuff, and I should be able to finish this draft by the end of next week. Yay! Then I may let it rest a bit while I write some shorter pieces. I really want to get this book right, so I’m forcing myself not to get ( Read more... ) -
Weaving a Web
The bad thing about having a book boosted into bestseller ranks by something artificial like a BookBub ad is that you then have to watch it very quickly slide back into obscurity. It’s depressing to watch those numbers changing. I have to remind myself that it’s far better than if the ad hadn’t been there in the first place. I just need to get a ( Read more... ) -
Writing Truths
In my last writing post, I talked about some myths - some advice about writing that may or may not be true. Today I’ll give some advice that I think it’s safe to say is absolutely true ( Read more... ) -
Book Birthday!
It’s new book day! Rebels Rising is out now. Go, buy, read ( Read more... ) -
Free Time
I tried to spend most of yesterday away from the computer in spite of having a BookBub ad. I do know that I was as high as #83 overall at Amazon and the #14 overall Nook book at B&N. Kind of cool. I think that’s the best I’ve done. Today, it will obviously start sliding and I will have to force myself to ignore it because I have writing to do, and ( Read more... )